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It has often been hypothesized that global oil consumption, which increases every year, will deplete the supply of oil, with catastrophic results for the global economy. However, these claims never stand up to scrutiny, as the volume of oil in reserves around the world has remained constant.

Which one of the following, if true, best resolves the apparent paradox?

(A) The actual annual consumption of oil is below that which many experts estimate. (B) The cost of operating oil refineries has steadily decreased over time. (C) The consumption of oil has greatly increased in the past 50 years. (D) It is the policy of all major oil producers to locate new reserves at a rate consistent with that at which old reserves are depleted. (E) The number of oil-producing countries has been steadily declining.

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28 May 2014, 02:48

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It has often been hypothesized that global oil consumption, which increases every year, will deplete the supply of oil, with catastrophic results for the global economy. However, these claims never stand up to scrutiny, as the volume of oil in reserves around the world has remained constant. Which one of the following, if true, best resolves the apparent paradox?

(A) The actual annual consumption of oil is below that which many experts estimate. As it can be seen from the stem, it has been HYPOTHESIZED, the actual consumption could be well below the rate mentioned by the experts, hence:

(B) The cost of operating oil refineries has steadily decreased over time. Cost is totally out of scope. As can be seen from the stats, A vs. D if the fight.(C) The consumption of oil has greatly increased in the past 50 years. Consumption trend is actually deepening the paradox. higher the consumption will mean higher the depletion. But that doesn't solve the constant output.(D) It is the policy of all major oil producers to locate new reserves at a rate consistent with that at which old reserves are depleted. It might be a policy to find new Oil-wells at the same rate as consumption, but does not in anyway mention whether this increases or counter-balances the consumption rate.(E) The number of oil-producing countries has been steadily declining. this again adds to the paradox, but doesn't really solve it._________________

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The doubt is certainly between A and D.Keeping A aside as a probable answer as this tends to oppose one of the facts stated in the stimuli.We move to D.The word "locate" in D is sure contentious. "Locating" reserves at the same rate at which they are getting depleted does not guarantee that the "new reserves" hold the same volume of oil as the previously depleted ones(as stated in the stimuli ," the volume of oil in reserves around the world has remained constant"). So A seems the better choice if not best.

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How does choice A explain that the volume of oil in reserves around the world has remained constant?

The actual annual consumption of oil may be below that which many experts estimate, but there is a consumption, which should decrease the reserve. Choice A does not explain what deters this decrease.
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This is a flawed question. On an official question or a high-quality practice question, there is one unambiguously right answers and four answers, each of which is incorrect for a specific unambiguous reason. Well-written CR practice questions are worth their weight on gold. By contrast, this question is an unmitigated disaster. Both (A) & (D) would be plausible OAs; the question writer was trying to create a "tempting distractor," and overshot by making it "too tempting," i.e. correct. This is a quite typical mistake of an inexperienced question writer. (B) is laughably irrelevant and (C) & (E) are so wrong as to be not tempting at all.

Students have nothing to gain by studying flawed question. I have no idea what the source of this question is. If it comes from a book, then the very best thing you could do for your prep would be to soak the book in gasoline and set it on fire! One has nothing to gain from puzzling over this question.

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